Newsletter  (May 2013)  Page(s) 19-21.  Includes photo(s).
 
[From "Jean Bach Sisley - The Woman Mistaken for her Grandfather", by Darrell g.h. Schramm, pp. 19-20]
‘Jean Bach Sisley’. For a long time it seemed to have vanished, since it was not mentioned in Modern Roses until the ninth edition. In 1989 only The Antique Rose Emporium in Texas and Heritage Rose Gardens in Fort Bragg, CA, owned by sisters Virginia Hopper and Joyce Demits—now closed— carried it....‘Jean Bach Sisley’ is dressed in an almost diaphanous silvery pink with a darker pink center for accent; sometimes the outer petals are salmon-colored or pale carmine, often veined. The flowers are quite double, quite fragrant (unusual for a china), and exhibit flowers solitary or three to a stem. It produces young leaves of purple, aging to green. The shrub is graceful, symmetrical, and reaches four or five feet high. Surely, it is one of the best chinas.
The year of its introduction appears debatable, but quite likely it was 1898. After Modern Roses 10 changed the year from 1899 to 1889, virtually every publication thereafter followed suit. Perhaps the American Rose Society based its change on the book Les Roses Cultivée à L’Hay in 1902; however, I suspect L’Hay made a typographical error, the eight and nine easily transposed on a keyboard. An 1898 issue of Lyon Horticole gives the date of the rose as 1898—and Dubreuil, the breeder, lived and worked in Lyon. Surely, if incorrect, the error would have been remedied. Journal des Roses followed with a statement that the rose was released on November 1, 1898. These two much respected journals were much closer to the source than those that came after. I believe 1898 to be the correct date....

Website/Catalog  (13 Jul 2012)  
 
Re-introduced Heritage Roses. 'Jean Bach Sisley' (Hy. China; Dubreuil – 1889). This hybrid china rose has medium-sized double blooms in a silvery rose, with darker veining on the outer petals. Continuous-flowering, it is typical of the chinas with vigorous, open growth and rather sparse foliage. 1.4m. x 1.5m.
Thanks to Peter Beales for supplying us the initial budwood.

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Diploid....Jean Bach Sisley, heterozygous loci 83% [Provenance: Antique Rose Emporium]

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 51.  
 
In the China Rose group, known or suspected Hybrid Chinas become more apparent withboth the nuclear and chloroplast data plotted together. Th nuclear SSR data by itself revealed those China cultivars that had SSR profiles more closely matching the Teas...
'Jean Bach Sisley', 'Ducher', and 'Miss Lowe's Variety'...are three China/Hybrid China Roses that grouped in the Tea Type group based on SSR profiles, and they also share a haplotype with the R. odorata var. gigantea accession from China...rather than the haplotype of the majority of the China Roses. Of these 'Jean Bach Sisley' was already listed as a Hybrid China in Modern Roses XI... and 'Ducher' is listed as a China, but can be found described in the trade as an older Tea Rose type. In these two cases the data from this study support their hybrid status.

Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 50.  
 
Jean Bach Sisley
Hybrid China 1889
Not rated

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 267.  
 
Jean Bach Sisley China, silvery rose, outer petals salmon-rose veined carmine, 1889, Dubreuil...

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Jean Bach Sisley China. Dubreuil, 1898. The author cites information from different sources... Opening delicate silvery-rose, outer petals salmon-rose lined and veined with carmine... Pale pink and white, blushing deep rose...

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 70.  Includes photo(s).
 
Jean Bach-Sisley China. Dubreuil 1899... light pink...

Website/Catalog  (1935)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Chinese or Bengal, Bourbon and Noisette Roses
R. indica, R. indica Bourboniana, and R. Noisettiana.
Jean Bach Sisley, delicate silvery-rose, outer petals veined carmine; large for its class; a beautiful and distinct variety; vigorous.

Website/Catalog  (1909)  Page(s) 79.  
 
Jean Bach Sidley C.  Flowers of a delicate silvery-rose, outer petals salmon, lined and veined with carmine, good.